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<p>Ok, first things first. Check that your computer has everything you need in order to be able to run SPADE:</p>
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<li class="listitem"><p>Psyco python optimizer (optional), to speed up the execution of the platform and the agents</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>pexpect (optional), to use external knowledge bases</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>SPARQLWrapper (optional), to use the SPARQL knowledge base</p></li>
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